tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post116223792596050622..comments2024-03-17T23:16:09.993-07:00Comments on Who Has Time For This?: Science, Scams and SuperstitionDavid Cowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075075203254308405noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-64489448509204094062007-05-14T19:14:00.000-07:002007-05-14T19:14:00.000-07:00Sometimes, very similar events happen so close tog...Sometimes, very similar events happen so close together in time that one has to question if coincidence is nothing more than a form of quantum entanglement.<BR/><BR/>Last week I was in a Panera Bread, and reading this post. Specifically, the "They Stood at the Foot of the Mount" section. Now everyone has had similar experiences, but I didn't realize one was going to occur shortly.<BR/><BR/>I decided that the rush had subsided sufficiently to go get a bagel and OJ. Two lines 6 feet apart were in operation, with the closest having two people in it; the furthest, six. I got into the nearest line, and waited only a few seconds to place my order. Meanwhile, there were still the same six people in the other line, and three others had come in and decided to stand in that line.<BR/><BR/>By the time I received my order (90 seconds or so), no one was behind me in my line, and there were nine people in the other. I moved aside and watched as the employee announced that she could help the next person in line. Five seconds went by until the third person in the other line moved over. Not another person budged, and the other line just stayed long.<BR/><BR/>I just walked back to my chair, shaking my head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com